SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, no contrast dye in Helena, MT

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70551, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Hospital		Cash price	List price	Off	File date
St. Peter's Health HELENA, MT HC MRI BRAIN LIMITED W/O CONTRAST		$1,766.09	$2,077.75	15%	— file
St. Peter's Health HELENA, MT HC MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST		$2,064.56	$2,428.89	15%	— file
St. Peter's Health HELENA, MT MAGNETIC RESONANCE TECHNOLOGY (MRT) - MRI - BRAIN/BRAINSTEM		$2,070.70	$2,436.11	15%	— file

Outpatient: lowest $1,766.09, median $2,064.56, highest $2,070.70 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,915.33. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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